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Here we are, another in this series of blogs covering the functions in your Rangemaster multi-function oven. This time it is CONVENTIONAL COOKING. Sometimes there is confusion over this function, do I mean convection? No, I don’t. A convection oven has a fan, a conventional oven does not (unless it is a multi-function oven), but the fan is not used when this function is selected. Quite why it has always been referred to as conventional cooking, I am not sure, maybe someone out in 'blog land’ can enlighten me! Even Wikipedia offers no reasonable explanation!

Synonymous with towns like Brighton and Bournemouth, fish, chips and mushy peas brings a quintessential taste of the British seaside to your dinner table. So then, with summer holiday season in full swing, what better way to start our Best of British recipe series than this traditional coastal dish? It’ll have you reminiscing about stripy deck-chairs, bracing sea air and rickety wooden piers.

Foodies Festival welcomed an extensive array of top chefs to this very successful 3 day event over the weekend of 24th-26th July on Clapham Common, attracting thousands of visitors despite the varied weather. Firm favourite, wherever he appears, the fun loving and amazing Italian Celebrity Chef, Aldo Zilli and Ella (from Deliciously Ella), took to the Rangemaster Cookery Theatre stage to the delight of the packed audiences.

The Rangemaster Cookery Theatre was out and about again over the weekend of 18-19th July. A visit to the Milton Keynes Art & Cultural Festival, which was very much an ‘Art in the Park’ event, showcasing the best of Islamic inspired art including the ‘Art of Food’! Meanwhile, at the Gloucester Quays Food Festival, the Cookery Theatre featured throughout the weekend at this fantastic quayside location, attracting thousands of visitors over the 3 days.

My late father was a farmer, he used to complain heavily when my mum would serve a ‘lovely salad’ for dinner after a hard days work in the fields. Dad had a point... Well, back then anyway. Generally, in the 1980’s, salads were bowls of iceberg lettuce with tomatoes and hard boiled eggs, however, today they can be fantastic tasting bowls of summer joy full of colour and flavour.

The sun shone brightly on Saturday when crowds flocked to this amazing harbourside food event. One of the main features was the Rangemaster Mobile Cookery Theatre along with a fantastic first ever Pop-up Seafood Restaurant.

Whether you’re going on holiday or not, the fresh flavours and easy method of this recipe should bring you a little taste of the mediterranean. I suggest finding a nice red wine to drink with it and perhaps burning a citronella candle as you eat it - just for that authentic holiday experience!

This is another in the series of blogs on each of the oven functions you will find on Rangemaster ovens. I hope you have found each of them useful. Don’t forget, if you have any questions or comments, please let us know.

Not all oven manufacturers use the same terminology for each of the oven functions so it is important to know what is happening in your oven when using them. The fan assisted function in your multifunction oven operates using the fan without the fan element; the element in the roof of the oven and another below the floor of the oven produce the heat to cook your food.

On Sunday 28th June, the South End Food Festival was held in Croydon's Restaurant Quarter and attracted over 10,000 visitors. Meanwhile in Bristol, Foodies Festival returned for its sixth consecutive year. The event took place on the very beautiful Clifton Downs which was the perfect outdoor setting for one of the UK’s largest celebration of food and drink festivals!